Mary Francis Shura Craig (née Young; 23 February 1923 – 12 January 1991) was an American writer of over 50 novels from 1960 to 1990.
[2] She was a recipient of the Carl Sandburg Literary Arts Award in 1985, and was elected president of the Mystery Writers of America in 1990.
Mary Francis Young was born on 23 February 1923 in Pratt, Kansas, the daughter of Jackson Fant and Mary Francis (Milstead) Young.
On 24 October 1943, she married Daniel Charles Shura, who died in 1959.
[3] On 12 January 1991, she died of injuries suffered in a fire in her apartment on 13 December 1990.